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Experts Urge Colombia To Reconsider Proposed Criminal Law
Friday, 26 October 2012, 4:07 pm | UN News
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS URGE COLOMBIA TO RECONSIDER PROPOSED CRIMINAL LAW FOR MILITARY New York, Oct 22 2012 2:10PM A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on Colombian authorities to revisit the military criminal law provisions ... More >>
Ban Praises Timor-Leste’s Consolidation of Security Sector
Monday, 20 August 2012, 4:35 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the people of Timor-Leste for the progress they have made ten years after the country’s restoration of independence, commending the Government for consolidating a security sector that will be able to protect the ... More >>
Syrian Govt and Opposition Forces Responsible For War Crimes
Monday, 20 August 2012, 4:27 pm | UN News
Syrian Government and opposition forces have perpetrated war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a new report by the United Nations independent panel probing abuses committed during the country’s ongoing conflict. More >>
UN Announces Increased Support for Disaster Reduction
Monday, 20 August 2012, 4:23 pm | UN News
Disaster risk management must become a central feature of development planning, the United Nations development agency chief declared today as she highlighted her agency’s intent to boost overall support for global disaster reduction. More >>
South Sudan: UN Food Aid Agency Drops Supplies for Refugees
Monday, 20 August 2012, 4:21 pm | UN News
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) carried out the first in a series of airdrops to replenish rapidly diminishing food stocks for more than 100,000 families in South Sudan who have fled fighting in Sudan. More >>
Attack on UN-African Union Peacekeepers in Darfur Condemned
Monday, 20 August 2012, 4:20 pm | UN News
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack that killed a United Nations peacekeeper and injured another while they were protecting civilians in Nyala, South Darfur. More >>
New Somali Parliament: Secretary-General Seriously Concerned
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 3:39 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Seriously Concerned Over Delays In Selection Of New Somali Parliament New York, Aug 13 2012 8:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seriously concerned about delays in the selection of the new Somali Parliament, according to a statement ... More >>
100m People Taking Part In World Humanitarian Day Campaign
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 3:00 pm | UN News
100 Million People Taking Part In World Humanitarian Day Campaign, So Far – UN New York, Aug 14 2012 12:10PM The United Nations campaign highlighting the work of the world’s humanitarian workers has reached 100 million people through social ... More >>
UN Scales Up Syria Refugee Registration To Accelerate Access
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 2:52 pm | UN News
Syria: UN Scales Up Refugee Registration To Accelerate Access To Basic Services New York, Aug 14 2012 1:10PM As hundreds of people continue to flee Syria on a daily basis, the United Nations today announced it is scaling up its capacity to register ... More >>
UN Envoy Says Spoilers Must Not Disrupt Somalia’s Transition
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 2:47 pm | UN News
UN Envoy Says Spoilers Must Not Disrupt Somalia’s Peaceful Transition To Democracy New York, Aug 14 2012 3:10PM Spoilers seeking to block Somalia’s transition to democracy will face stringent action from the Security Council if they continue to ... More >>
General Assembly President: Sympathy for Iran in Earthquake
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 3:52 pm | UN News
The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today expressed his deep sympathy with the Government of Iran for the loss of hundreds of lives and the destruction caused by the earthquakes that struck Iran on Saturday afternoon. More >>
General Assembly President Sympathy For Iran’s Earthquake
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 2:31 pm | UN News
General Assembly President Expresses Sympathy For Iran’s Earthquake Victims New York, Aug 13 2012 5:10PM The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today expressed his deep sympathy with the Government of Iran for the ... More >>
Ban Saddened By Loss of Lives from Earthquakes in Iran
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 1:50 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he was deeply saddened by the loss of hundreds of lives and the destruction caused by the earthquakes that struck northwestern Iran on Saturday afternoon. More >>
Un-African Union Peacekeeper Killed in South Darfur
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 1:48 pm | UN News
A peacekeeper with the United Nations-African Union mission (UNAMID) was killed today and another injured while protecting civilians in Nyala, South Darfur. "The attack on our peacekeepers is cowardly deplorable and our thoughts go to the families and ... More >>
Violence Increasing In Syria, Taking Heavy Toll on Civilians
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 1:47 pm | UN News
Violence and the indiscriminate use of heavy weapons by the Government as well as targeted attacks by the opposition are increasing in Syria, the head of the United Nations observer force said today, adding that this is taking a heavy toll on innocent ... More >>
Somalia: Calls For End of Impunity as 2 Media Workers Killed
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 1:45 pm | UN News
Strongly condemning the killings of a Government information official and a journalist in Somalia in separate incidents, the top United Nations political envoy for the East African nation today called for the end of the “culture of impunity” that ... More >>
Need to Protect Displaced Persons in North Darfur
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 1:31 pm | UN News
The military commander of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, known by the acronym UNAMID, today stressed the importance of ensuring the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Sudanese state of North Darfur, ... More >>
UN Food Relief Agency Assists Flood Victims in Philippines
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 1:29 pm | UN News
The United Nations food relief agency is supporting the Government of the Philippines to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by heavy rains over the past week. More >>
Sustainable Development Network to Solve Global Problems
Monday, 13 August 2012, 1:59 pm | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today launched a new independent global network of research centres, universities and technical institutions to help find solutions for some of the world’s most pressing environmental, social and economic ... More >>
UN Urges More Support of People Fleeing Violence in DR Congo
Monday, 13 August 2012, 1:32 pm | UN News
In the wake of a visit to a refugee camp in southern Rwanda, the United Nations top humanitarian official today called for greater support for people displaced by fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
